Hello! :)
My name is Lumi and I love traveling and meeting new people around the world! One of my favorite things is talking to people about their ideas, thoughts, believes, wants and, specially, about their dreams and passions. It is always so interesting noticing the similarities and differences that we all share coming from such different backgrounds, and even generations and adopting some of them into my own life :)
I have traveled a lot throughout my life, specially when I lived in England in 2014. I got to visit a lot of countries in Europe and the experience was like no other, definitely an unforgettable one.
I studied my Bachelors in Cholula, Puebla, México a city rich in culture and people from all over the world. I majored in Communications, Media Production and Journalism. My favorite areas of my career are Television and Photography. In television I have served as a host for different television shows and also as an editor. Photography is one of my passions, I love capturing moments and sharing the way I see the world with everyone; fashion, food, sports, music, weddings, documentary and travel (obviously!) are my favorite subjects to shoot.
I am a fencer and have been one since I am 11 years old. I have won two national bronze medals in the most important sports competition in Mexico which is the National Olympics. My weapon is saber. Fencing has been my passion for so long, I have loved every second of the time I have invested in it.
I also enjoy playing tennis, baseball, lacrosse, soccer,running and surfing!
I enjoy cooking, I can do most basic stuff and would love to learn more and more. I find it very fulfilling when I can take a recipe and turn it into my dish of the day! Favorite food? Pizza and gelato (so I was in food heaven in Italy)
I recently moved out of New York after living there for 2 years and this city changed my life completely! It became my favorite city in the world. What's yours? :)
There's so much more about me that I would like to share with you! I hope to meet you soon :)
Kind Regards!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

-I'm fascinated to learn about how other people live in different places of the world, I truly appreciate the "local way of living" and try to become a local anywhere I visit! Adopting new points of view, ways of seeing life, cooking and other people's culture in general has enriched my life in such a big way I want to continue learning more and more :)
-Making new awesome friends!

Interests

Fencing, Tennis, Soccer, Traveling, Reading, Photography, Films, Painting, Cooking, Animals, Television Production, Running, Anthropology, Psychology

• animals
• dogs
• arts
• culture
• fashion
• photography
• documentaries
• dining
• cooking
• running
• coach
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• music
• sports
• fencing
• baseball
• soccer
• olympics
• tennis
• volleyball
• lacrosse
• communications
• journalism
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Coldplay, The Killers, The Beatles, Rage Against the Machines, Taking Back Sunday, All Time Low, Taylor Swift, Deaf Havana, Death Cab for Cutie, Foo Fighters, Incubus, Guns N' Roses, Paramore, Zoé, Classical Music and anything really as long as it isn't Dub, New Jazz or Electronic.

Movies: La La Land, Her, Inception, Interstellar, My Best Friend's Wedding, About Time, 500 Days of Summer, Silver Linings Playbook, About Time, Mean Girls, The Notebook, White Chicks, The Boat That Rocked, Harry Potter (all of them!), The Lion King, Finding Dory, the Parent Trap.

Television: How I Met Your Mother is my favorite tv show of all time!

Books: My favorite book is Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Winning 2 fencing bronze medals in the National Olympics and living in New York!

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to teach you Spanish, a little bit of Mayan and share with you my beautiful Mexican and Yucatecan culture.
I can also teach you fencing!
I can take pictures of you for your Instagram or Facebook or to print!
I can teach you video editing and photo editing
I'll obviously would love to host you back when you come to my city (Mérida, Yucatán!)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would be more than happy to cook whenever you want, I will help with the dishes and in other chores you may need :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, England, Mexico, United States